Where does he fit in and at who's expense?
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I think the answer is whoever gets injured/needs a rest first tbh. I don't see any of our front 3 being dropped for Richarlison, they're all locked in.
It would be a case of form, if Son has 3 bad games then he should be dropped for him.
Otherwise just injuries and resting players, we have 4 competitions this season so he will almost certainly get a lot of games.
Impact sub that can sub any of the front 3 against teams parking the bus. A starter in cups.
He starts on the bench and comes on for Son or Kulu with Kane dropping deeper IMO.
Any of the front 3. He's our Foden, Mahrez etc.
And starts in English cup games.
"No such thing as best XI anymore" always was hot air.......
Yeah of course. As if VVD, Alisson, Fabinho, Salah, Mane, Thiago, Robertson, TAA etc aren't locked in every week for Liverpool unless they're injured, coming back from injury or badly need resting between CL games.
It sort of applies to City but even then there's a spine who play every week he just liked to rotate the front 3, which was helped by not really having any stand out obvious star in there but excellent depth. Not the case for 99% of teams.
In a way he's already doing his role - Kulusevski is obviously determined not to miss out on a starting spot
This.
Sonny had a relatively poor game, by his standards, yesterday. Richarlison wasn't available so it was a free hit for him.
Now he will have it in his head that if he doesn't maintain some consistency, Richarlison will be chomping at the bit to take his spot. If it hasn't yet, it soon will when Conte drops him for Richarlison.
I think this has registered with Deki as well. If you want to keep your spot, you have to perform at a consistently high level.
Just for that level of competition, the £60M was well spent.
Yep the £60m for Richarlison is not just about him it’s about kicking all our other forwards up the arse, they will have to be on it this season.
At the moment he's just not needed....... probably play if someone has an injury or is ill
On the contrary I can see him getting minutes in most games even if it is from the bench.
......Even then most of Peps criticism stems from tinkering. (See CL final)
Yeah he'll play loads - probably 20-30 starts in all comps and the same off the bench
We have no idea how it will pan out or what Conte is thinking. None of our new signings started yesterday and I think it will take a while for them to start. Conte will stick with those players who know his system well and who prove they deserve to start over what we have, which won’t be easy because our first XI is purring.
I think what is clear is that Richarlison has three positions he can slot in so will see plenty of game time.
I think what is clear is that Richarlison has three positions he can slot in so will see plenty of game time.
He doesn't. You need depth and maybe start in other games but strongest 11 in the big games with everybody fit he doesn't get in. People were obviously thinking kulu would drop out but imo he is looking our best attacker and son and kane won't be dropped.
Both Son and Kane will start PL and CL games from the bench, as will Kulu and Rich